Almost to the End

Journal Entries

Rock formations at the shore in Looe.

An interesting house in Polperro a little town a bit up the coast from Looe famous for smuggling.

One of the students at Arts University Plymouth who asked to get a photo with me in front of some of the collages from the day’s workshop.

Journal Entries

9/24/25 Wednesday Evening

So… here I am sitting at the airport hotel at Heathrow after a several hour ride on a bus from Looe, Cornwall. I had a great time in the south and did an all day workshop at the Arts University Plymouth for thirty students (Tuesday). They seemed to enjoy it. Then had dinner and an enjoyable evening with my hosting couple at the teacher’s home Helen Markes and her husband. Then spent the next morning - Wednesday - with my host Suzanne who showed me around a bit more, took me out for lunch, then dropped me at the bus stop for a coach up to London directly to the airport.

It has been a wild week constantly on the go. I’ll be ready to get home tomorrow evening.

9/25/25 Thursday

I woke up at about 7:00am and left the hotel at about 8:00am. I was determined to get my walking in early so I wandered around Heathrow walking the corridors of terminal #3 from which I would eventually leave. I ended up getting in about 14,000 steps by the end of the day so that helped to make up a little bit for the several days during the trip during which there was no time for walking around.

I made my flight from London at noon to Dallas (10+ hours) and then on from Dallas to Albuquerque (1.5 hours) arriving at about 6:30pm and then home by dusk at 7:00pm thoroughly exhausted. I showered and went to bed by 8:30pm after notifying my family members that I was safely home and that I was going to bed (so don’t call me).

9/26/25 Friday

I woke up this morning at about 4:45am, had some coffee, read a bit, then went out for most of my daily walk by sunrise. Another little walk this evening and I’ll make my numbers. Now I have unpacked my bags and put things away and doing my duty to make my daily journal entry then, back to my work routines, maybe starting with some collages. I made perhaps 10 collages out on the road (I’ll find out when I register them), I gave away or traded with others and received several for the Museum Archives.